In the last couple weeks I've seen well over a dozen skunks wandering around in broad daylight. This is not evening or early morning but from 10 AM to about 4 PM. Twice it was a family group which I can understand but the others were singles, mostly adults.
This has occurred in various places ranging from the metro suburbs to very rural areas. Is food that scarce? Hard to believe as skunks eat about everything but I've been having more raccoons around so maybe. I haven't seen an inordinate number flattened on the roads either which further makes me doubt food problems. When observing them the skunks acted normally so I highly doubt a disease of some sort and I am not interested enough to collect the carcasses and send them in to be tested.
The good thing is my dogs haven't found them before me -so far- but that is only a matter of time.